Warner Bros. took over the streets of Newark in October to film scenes for its upcoming "Joker" movie, directed by Todd Phillips ("Old School," "The Hangover"). The movie is filming under the working title "Romeo," and reportedly follows the DC Comics character Joker, played by Joaquin Phoenix, as he fails as a stand-up comic and turns to a life of crime.

According to imdb, Robert De Niro, Francis Conroy ("American Horror Story") and Zazie Beetz ("Deadpool 2") will also star in the film. It has been rumored that "Joker" will be set in the 1980's — and it looks that way from the behind-the-scenes photos taken of scene setups for the movie when it was filming in Newark.

Phillips will be joined by Teaneck native Lawrence Sher ("I Love You, Man," "The Hangover," "War Dogs") as director of photography. Sher graduated from Teaneck High School and just finished working on "Godzilla: King of the Monsters."